Silver Creek Locals Social and Community Updates
Silver Creek area notes include bridge club afternoons with high scores for Mrs Mary Davis and Mrs Reuben Smith, a WSCS quilting session, and upcoming host plans. Local families attend dinners, visits, and church interiors painting while others travel, host, or celebrate births and baptisms in Columbus, Omaha, and nearby towns.
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Silver Creek
Clara Bryant
Mary Davis
Reuben Smith
Ed McCauley
Valentine
Fern Merrill
Mamie Bump
WSCS
Lovena Buchholz
Buchholz
Troy van Winkle
Herb Edmisons
Bev Edmison
Dallas
Tex
Carroll Fluckiger
Ruth Drawbridge
Omaha
Amelia Edmison
Helen Leith
Louis Gerber
Dallas Tex
Herb Edmison
Homemakers Club
Nina Delamere
Local families gather for birthdays and visits in Clarks area
The week features numerous social visits across Clarks and nearby towns. Ed Vanek and Leroy Noa visit Clarks, many families share weekend meals and Sunday dinners, and Wm Kohl celebrates his 85th birthday with a Lions Club dinner in Clarks. Multiple relatives travel from Hastings Lincoln Omaha Genoa Millard Ulysses and other places to join local hosts.
Silver Creek Church Service Schedule and Meetings
Weekly worship at 11:00 with Sunday School at 9:30. Monday evenings 7:30 choir practice. Wednesday 2:00 p.m. WSCS general meeting fourth Wednesday 7:00. Senior Youth fellowship. Fairview service 9:30 and Sunday School after church. WSCS meets on the second Wednesday of each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Creek
Senoir Youth Fellowship
Fairview
WSCS
Exposition plans and honors in Silver Creek area
Silver Creek Merrick County Centennial Youth Ex position planned at 4-H Building Central City last weekend in April. Entry age 18 solo or 20 for groups. showcases span science vocation ag home economics language arts history music science math physics chemistry space exploration astronomy medicine electronics communications. Also potential displays Indian cookery dances signal towers vaccines animal health shopwork and more. Contact Dr. Kenneth Treptow by Feb 21. Elmer Tookers attend Nebraska graduation Norman Tooker earned Master's. 87th birthday fete for Strohbehn and Hauptmann families guests. Strohbehn’s 87th. Wayne State College Dean’s Honor Roll Silver Creek freshmen Dennis Gray Vanita Willits Jim Johnson. Honor Roll notes 256 students 4.0 GPA with 12+ credits.
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Silver Creek
Merrick County
Central City
FFA
Kenneth Treptow
Wayne State College
Dennis Gray
Vanita Willits
Jim Johnson
Obituary and Local Notices From Silver Creek and Surrounding Areas
Lais West aged 62 died after a long illness at Wahoo Hospital on January 30. He farmed near Silver Creek and Ashland and was a member of the Methodist church TOOF and Rebekah lodges. Survived by wife Norma and sister Lulu Ward of Osceola. Also mentions Mr McCormick leading a bowling league in Atlanta with high game 231 and 607 series, former Joann Ward, husband stationed at Ft Gordon. Guests included Mrs Clarence Mimick and Chuck and Mrs Dora Jarose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Beck
Deryel Beck
Ruth Fish
Clarks
Hawaii
Charles Kinnamons
Kansas City
Bruce Cowgill
Mary Kindscher
Cowgills
Jon Strongs
Grand Island
John Swertzies
Wallace Strong
Jon
Vernon Petersons
Walter Peterson
E. L. Klein
Luis West
Methodist
Wahoo
Bill McCauleys
Ed McCauleys
John Swertzie
Jon Strong
Clinton Colbys
Russ van Winkles
Janet
Edsel Matousek
Hardville
Dennis van Winkles
Todd
Dennis
Hordville
Dean Himebaughs
Lynn Smith
Silver Creek
Robert Beck
Dick Edie
Central City
Eddie Jones
Fullerton
Linda Beck
Don Pollock
Neligh
Troy van Winkles
L. T. van Winkle
Dan Siemek
Leo Prososki
E. M. Jacobsens
Anna Strohbehn
Vernon Sidder
Ed Stankoskis
Merton Flodmans
Osceola
Bob Dittmer
Osceola Hospital
Hank Gaver Clarks
Ed Shotkoskis
Luis Alan West
Clarence F
Mary West
Wahoo Hospital
Methodist Church
Toof
Rebekah
Ashland
Norma
Lulu Ward
Richard McCormick
Atlanta
Joann Ward
Maj
R. L. McCormick
Ft. Gordon, Ga
Thompsons Attend Baptism Weekend Outing Des Moines and Omaha
The Duane Prohoska family spent the weekend at Des Moines Ta and sponsored the baptism of her brother Bill Hastings’s daughter. The Ed Shotkoski family visited Omaha with the John Hubners while sampling a Swedish buffet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompsons
Duane Prohoska
Des Moines
Prohoskas
Bill Hastings
Ed Shotkoski
Omaha
John Hubners
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Elmer Tooker
G.W. Grosch
Ray Tworek
Bergen Mercy Hospital
Duane Prohaska
Scribner
Lucy Smith
Deryel Becks
Robert Smiths
Robert Meyers
Mineola
N.Y
Norbert Smiths
Kearney
Dave Blessens
Monroe
Joe Konwinskis
Chicago
Fred Bosses
Lelon Alexanders
Emma Schulz
Duncan
Dean Himebaugh
Lyle Himebaugh
David Joneses
Lisa
Jeffery Jay
Noble Davises
St. Lawrence Catholic Church
Clarence Jones
John Stopaks
Scott
Frank Carman Jr
Robert F. Shearer
John Stopak
Col. Shearer
Earnest Davis
Charles Drozd
Genoa
Glenn Smiths
Howard Smiths
Barbara Kosak
Mark Blessen
Columbus
Susan Gonsier
Emil Zelasneys
Charles Brand
St. Mary’s Hospital
Candy ‘Tschantre
S. C
Helen Solt
City Hall Club
Merrick Co. Extension Service
Burbank
Wayne Burbank
University of Nebraska
Lineola
Nebr
S. Creek
John Oppligers
Clarence Schupbach
E. L. Kiein
Earl Smith
Knights of Columbus
Lorena Buchholz
Sidney Grahams
USA
First Chair of America
United States
Virginia Kay Cox
Bayard
United States of America
Miss Cox
W. K. Cox
Canada
Memphis
Tenn
America
Cox
Ed Vaneks
Harvey McNeil
Rex Graham
Arnie Carlson
Dennis van Winkle
Glenn Colby
Burdette
Ed Vanek
Leroy
Ge- Noa
Carol Carter
Norman Carters
Merle Petersons
Jane
Jan Grossnicklauses
Janice
Shelby
G. W. Grosch
Lowell Galusha
Jill
Robert Murray
Jack Burger
Lincoln
Charles Socks
Norfolk
Phil Sock Jr
Genoa Hospital
Kearney State
Robert Shearer
Noble Davis
Larry Bortises
Hastings
Millard
Clara Frizzell
Irl Ward
Dale Frizzells
Sharon
Lions Club Room
Wm. Kohl
Ottos
Linda
Ruby Closson
Ulysses
Walter Thompson
Ortonville
Minn
Tom Thompsons
Baudette
Wayne
Church News
Silver Creek Fairview Methodist Church
E. S. DeSpain
Elmer Tookers
Norman
LaVern Hauptmann
Walter Strohbehns
E. M. Jacobses
Strohbehn
Oscar Andersons
E. L. Klein Family
Edsel Matouseks
Virgil Kutas
Lais West
John Niedzwiecks
Clarence Mimick
Chuck
Dora Jarose
King’s Candy
John
Rexall
Hortford Fire Insurance Company
Louis M . Lock
Silver Creek, Nebr
Hartford Accident and Indemity Co
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Polk County
Nebraska
Kathy Howe
Nebraska Press Association
National Editorial Association
National
Edmund Burke
Osceola, Nebraska
Bit of
Sweden
Stromsburg
USDA
The
Osceola Insurance Agency
the First National Bank
Conus
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